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People v. Machado

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 30, 1965
213 N.E.2d 804 (N.Y. 1965)

Opinion

Argued November 23, 1965

Decided December 30, 1965

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, JOSEPH M. CONROY, J.

Stuart M. Pearis for appellant.

Frank D. O'Connor, District Attorney ( Benj. J. Jacobson and Eileen M. Thornton of counsel), for respondent.


MEMORANDUM. The order should be affirmed on the merits. Section 1943 of the Penal Law, as amended in 1964 (L. 1964, ch. 446), now requires our courts to give relief when it appears that a defendant's previous out-of-State conviction "was obtained in violation of [his] rights * * * under the applicable provisions of the constitution of the United States" and has been utilized as a predicate for multiple offender treatment. In view of this amendment to the statute, the defendant is unquestionably seeking to correct an error by our courts in treating him as a multiple offender. Accordingly, we deem the application made by the defendant to be one for coram nobis relief. So regarded, it is appealable (Code Crim. Pro., § 517).

Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and BERGAN concur; Judge SCILEPPI taking no part.

Order affirmed.


Summaries of

People v. Machado

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 30, 1965
213 N.E.2d 804 (N.Y. 1965)
Case details for

People v. Machado

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RICHARD MACHADO…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 30, 1965

Citations

213 N.E.2d 804 (N.Y. 1965)
213 N.E.2d 804
266 N.Y.S.2d 525

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